A Comparison of Pharyngeal Swabs and Tracheal Secretions for the Diagnosing of COVID-19

The aim of this study was to compare the test results from patients who, within a short timescale, have been tested for COVID-19 using both a pharyngeal swab and tracheal secretion. Data were collected from the database of AUH, from patients hospitalized between 1 March 2020 and 1 March 2021 who, du...

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Autores principales: Arildsen, Maibritt Meldgaard, Glenting, Sif Bay, Fedder, Anette Marianne, Jørgensen, Bettina, Ellermann-Eriksen, Svend, Thomsen, Marianne Kragh, Dahm, Christina Catherine, Pedersen, Michael
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Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8962317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35203697
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10020488
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author Arildsen, Maibritt Meldgaard
Glenting, Sif Bay
Fedder, Anette Marianne
Jørgensen, Bettina
Ellermann-Eriksen, Svend
Thomsen, Marianne Kragh
Dahm, Christina Catherine
Pedersen, Michael
author_facet Arildsen, Maibritt Meldgaard
Glenting, Sif Bay
Fedder, Anette Marianne
Jørgensen, Bettina
Ellermann-Eriksen, Svend
Thomsen, Marianne Kragh
Dahm, Christina Catherine
Pedersen, Michael
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description The aim of this study was to compare the test results from patients who, within a short timescale, have been tested for COVID-19 using both a pharyngeal swab and tracheal secretion. Data were collected from the database of AUH, from patients hospitalized between 1 March 2020 and 1 March 2021 who, due to symptoms of COVID-19, were tested by a pharyngeal swab and by tracheal secretion. We found great agreement between oropharyngeal swab and tracheal secretion RT-PCR testing for the diagnosis of COVID-19, with 98.5% of double tests being concordant and only 1.5% being discordant. This finding may advocate a single-test strategy being either an oropharyngeal swab RT-PCR testing or tracheal secretion, although this study revealed 15.9% false negative oropharyngeal swabs.
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spelling pubmed-89623172022-03-30 A Comparison of Pharyngeal Swabs and Tracheal Secretions for the Diagnosing of COVID-19 Arildsen, Maibritt Meldgaard Glenting, Sif Bay Fedder, Anette Marianne Jørgensen, Bettina Ellermann-Eriksen, Svend Thomsen, Marianne Kragh Dahm, Christina Catherine Pedersen, Michael Biomedicines Communication The aim of this study was to compare the test results from patients who, within a short timescale, have been tested for COVID-19 using both a pharyngeal swab and tracheal secretion. Data were collected from the database of AUH, from patients hospitalized between 1 March 2020 and 1 March 2021 who, due to symptoms of COVID-19, were tested by a pharyngeal swab and by tracheal secretion. We found great agreement between oropharyngeal swab and tracheal secretion RT-PCR testing for the diagnosis of COVID-19, with 98.5% of double tests being concordant and only 1.5% being discordant. This finding may advocate a single-test strategy being either an oropharyngeal swab RT-PCR testing or tracheal secretion, although this study revealed 15.9% false negative oropharyngeal swabs. MDPI 2022-02-18 /pmc/articles/PMC8962317/ /pubmed/35203697 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10020488 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Arildsen, Maibritt Meldgaard
Glenting, Sif Bay
Fedder, Anette Marianne
Jørgensen, Bettina
Ellermann-Eriksen, Svend
Thomsen, Marianne Kragh
Dahm, Christina Catherine
Pedersen, Michael
A Comparison of Pharyngeal Swabs and Tracheal Secretions for the Diagnosing of COVID-19
title A Comparison of Pharyngeal Swabs and Tracheal Secretions for the Diagnosing of COVID-19
title_full A Comparison of Pharyngeal Swabs and Tracheal Secretions for the Diagnosing of COVID-19
title_fullStr A Comparison of Pharyngeal Swabs and Tracheal Secretions for the Diagnosing of COVID-19
title_full_unstemmed A Comparison of Pharyngeal Swabs and Tracheal Secretions for the Diagnosing of COVID-19
title_short A Comparison of Pharyngeal Swabs and Tracheal Secretions for the Diagnosing of COVID-19
title_sort comparison of pharyngeal swabs and tracheal secretions for the diagnosing of covid-19
topic Communication
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8962317/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35203697
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/biomedicines10020488
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